Tag: SLICKRUN

Before Windows 7 came out, I used to love Launchy. I'm a keyboard-centric kind of guy, and a keyboard launcher fits in perfectly with my workflow. Launchy wasn't the only app I tried; I think I went through just about every major keyboard launcher for Windows and quite a few minor ones as well (including several AutoHotkey scripts). And then Windows 7 came out, with its shiny new Start menu. No ...

While you can launch some Windows applications from the Run box (accessible from the Start Menu or by hitting Win+R), there's a good reason keyboard application launchers like Launchy, Slickrun, and Find and Run Robot are so popular. Many programs cannot be launched from the Windows Run box, and even those that can often have odd and hard to remember shortcut names. But Short Run makes it a ...

Remember when Windows 95 came out, and we were all introduced to the Start Menu? It was Microsoft's new way of allowing users to launch programs, and it kicked all kinds of butt over the old Windows 3.1 shell. They had done a bunch of user testing, and found that the Start Menu interface allowed users to launch their programs measurably faster than with previous interfaces. Unfortunately, it just ...

SlickRun is my newest favorite utility. It's a very small and simple application launcher, but packs some pretty powerful features into it's tiny self. Along with allowing you to assign keywords to applications and launch them, you can quickly navigate to both local folders on your filesystem as well as websites. Simply hit the SlickRun hotkey combination, type your destination and press Enter, ...